Home›Legal Alerts›Competition Review – September 2015Legal Alerts/2 Sep 2015Competition Review – September 2015ANTITRUSTThe European Court of Justice will investigate UEFA’s “break-even” rules and financial fair play regulations due to a request for preliminary ruling after rejecting the previous complaint regarding UEFA only a month ago >>The European Commission adopted amendments to its competition law legislation instruments to align them with Directive 2014/104/EU on Antitrust Damages Actions >>MERGER CONTROLCommitments regarding the manufacturing and marketing rights of biosimilar drugs and sterile injectable drugs in Hospira/ Pfizer merger removed the European Commission’s competition concerns >>STATE AIDThe European Commission found an Italian aid scheme aimed to support areas affected by natural disasters as violating the state aid rules; overcompensation to companies that did not show they had suffered any damage shall be recovered >>NEWS FROM FINLANDThe Ministry of Employment and the Economy appointed a working group to investigate a reform of the Competition Act. The Head of Borenius’ Competition and Public Procurement practice Ilkka Aalto-Setälä was appointed as a member to the working group >>CategoriesLegal AlertsAdditional informationIlkka Aalto-SetäläPartnerHelsinkiAsko LindqvistPartnerHelsinki
